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    Xero x Do cuP ri nt Net w o rk Pri nte r Se r ies Guide to Usi ng P a g e Description Languag es Version 7.1 August 2000 721P8749 1[...]

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    Xerox Corporation 701 S. Aviation Boulevard El Segu ndo, CA 90245 ©1997, 1998, 1999 , 2000 by X erox Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable mate r ial and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted, including without limitation, material genera[...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES iii La ser safe ty ! Warning: Adjustmen ts, use of cont rols, or performanc e of procedures other than those specified herein m ay res ult in hazardous light exposure. The Xerox DocuPrint printers are c ertified to c omply with th e performance standards of the U.S. Departme nt of Healt[...]

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    iv XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES ! Warning: I mproper c onnecti on of the equ ipment grou nding condu ctor may result in risk of el ectrical shock. • Nev er use a ground adapter plug to connect equipment to an electr ical out let that la c ks a ground c onnec ti on ter minal. • Alway s place equipment on a sol[...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES v T abl e of conte nts Laser safety iii Ozone informati on iii Opera tion s af ety iii Intr od ucti on ix About t his guide ix Contents ix Conventions ix Related publications xi Related information xi PostScript pub lications xi HP PCL 5 publications xii VIP P pu b licat ion xii 1. PC L[...]

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    TABLE O F CONT ENTS vi XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES 2. Po stSc ript 2-1 Implemen tation-dependen t operations 2-1 Floating-point arithmetic and math operators 2-1 Coord inat e syst em def aul t matr i x 2-1 Fon ts 2-2 Loading fonts 2-3 User-defined fonts 2-3 Type 1 fonts 2-4 Using Adobe Type 1 fonts 2-4 Producing[...]

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    TABL E OF CONTENT S XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES vii Curved shapes 2-20 Images 2 -20 Image qua lity 2-2 1 Rendering of color and gray values: transfer function 2 -22 PostScript printer description (P PD) files 2-23 Implemen tation limits 2-2 3 File operators and standard devices 2 -24 Pa t h l imi t s 2- 25 Post Sc[...]

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    TABLE O F CONT ENTS viii XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES[...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES ix Intr oduction The X erox D ocuPrint Network Printing Series Guide to Us ing PDL describes how the PostScript, HP PCL 5, and VIPP (f ormerly XGF) page description languages (PDLs) are implemented on the Xerox DocuPr in t NPS pr int ers. Ab out th is gu id e Thi s docu men t is for use[...]

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    INTRO DU CTIO N x XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES • Bold — W ithin procedures, text and numbers that y ou enter are shown in b old (f or e xample, enter privi lege operato r ). • “ Enter ”— Within proc edures, the two-step proces s of ke ying in data and pressing <RETURN > <ENTER > (f or e x [...]

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    INTRODUCTION XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES xi Relate d public ation s The Xerox DocuP rint Network Pri nter Se ries incl udes the foll owi ng document s: Decompos ition Service and T ools Guide Guide t o Conf iguring an d Manag ing th e System Guide t o Ma naging P rint Job s Guide to Performing Routine Maintenan ce[...]

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    INTRO DU CTIO N xii XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES • P ostScript Language Reference Manual , second edition, Addison -Wesle y , J anuar y 1991, Adobe Syste ms , Incor porated. (This documen t defines both P ostSc ript Le vel 1 and Le v el 2.) • Adobe T ype 1 Font Form at , 1 990, A dobe S ystems, Incor porated [...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-1 1. 1 PCL 5 The DocuPrint NPS system supports the following functions for source doc uments: • On monochrom e systems, printing of PCL 5e masters containing PCL commands, HP-GL/2 com mands, f o nts , and data to be printed. • On highlight color models, printing of PCL 5e monochro[...]

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    PCL 5 1-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Note: For PCL jobs, DocuPr int NPS supports 300 and 600 dpi printing only. To obtain the best image quality on the DocuPrint NPS, choose the correct printer setup attributes when generating a doc ument on your personal c omputer. Refer to the “ Appearance Cons istency ” [...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-3 density settings and line placeme nt on the page, Xerox cannot guara ntee the quality of these single-pixel lines. Specific question s regarding s ingle-pixel line p rint ing f or your application should b e di rected to y our X erox service engineer. PCL 5 medi a s upport Ac[...]

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    PCL 5 1-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Sy stem chapter on “ MIC R Pr int ing ” f or more information. Refer also to t he Generi c MICR Fundament als Guide . Note: Fonts installed using the “ Install PCL Fonts from Floppy ” command cannot be selected by font ID. They must be selected by characteristics. On[...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-5 PCL c om man d su pp ort The following se ctions explain the di fferences in processi ng and how DocuPrint NP S inte rprets various P CL comman ds. PJL c omma n ds DocuPrint NP S d oes no t support P rinter Job Language (PJL) command s em bedded wi thin a job. When PJ L co mm[...]

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    PCL 5 1-6 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES In addition, if the st apling attribute i s set for the document on a DocuPrint equipped with a Hi gh-Ca pacity Sti tcher/Stack er, pages 2, 3, 4, a nd 5 will be staple d together on all copies but pag es 6 and 7 will not be s tapled together becaus e the copy command i s gi[...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-7 As with sim plex, if the st apling attribute is set for the document on a DocuPrint equipped with a Hi gh-Ca pacity Sti tcher/Stack er, pages 2, 3, 4 and 5 are s tapled t ogether on all copies, but pages 6 an d 7 are not st apled toget her bec ause the copy c omm and is given[...]

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    PCL 5 1-8 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES *DocuPrint implem ents the Paper Source command by correspondin g the number spe cified i n the command to the correlating media in the media list of the Media doc ument attribute. Therefore, the "Feed from upp er tray" com mand s pecifies the first media in a medi[...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-9 • Use DocuPrin t NPS f aci lities for offsetting at the print job le v el. Do not rely on the use of the Job Separation comm and at t he end of ev ery PCL jo b . Although this is the HP recommendat ion, a consistent offsetting of print jobs cannot be guarantee d. F or examp[...]

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    PCL 5 1-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES These numbers ma p directly t o the media list set for the Media document attribute on the virtual pri nter or in t he job subm ission s o th at i f: Media List: A 4::blue,A4:: white,A4::green,A4: :yellow then: Esc&l1H se lects A4:: b lue Esc&l2H se lects A4:: wh it[...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-11 If a given page has only a Page Size speci fi cation, it is used to identify the required medium in the media list. If no exact match is available, the medium close st in s ize is used. If there is more than one medium of the chosen size (differing i n color or weight), the [...]

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    PCL 5 1-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES printers even though t he PCL interpreter is emul ating a simplex PC L printer. There are no switc hes that cont rol how the im age is shifted, because the DocuPrin t s equenc er does not perform image shifting on a page-by-page basis, but only on a job-by-job basis. PC L 5[...]

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    PC L 5 XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-13 User-defined dither patterns are i gnored. T he def ault highlight color dither pattern is use d instead . PC L 5 c co din g reco mm en dati on s When c reating PCL 5c jobs, there a re som e c olor-related com mands you should be aware of for optimal performa nce and print q[...]

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    PCL 5 1-14 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Dr iver re com mend atio ns for P CL 5c This section identifies drivers that are rec ommend ed for the Windows 95 and the Windows NT 4.0 environments. For Windows 9 5, the HP Color LaserJ et 5/5M PCL 5 C driver, version vF2.2 is recommended. For the driver ’ s C ol or Se [...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-1 2. 2 Po s t S c r i p t This chapter provides an overview of st andard PostScript operations and guid elines fo r ensuring c onsistent p rinter out put. Imp le me nt at ion- de pe nd en t op er ati ons The following operations are implement ation-dependent . Flo a tin g- po i nt a r[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Font s DocuPrint NP S con tains 51 PostScript T ype 1 font s listed in the following tabl e. The se fonts are s tandard Ty pe 1 f onts lice nsed through Adobe S ystems, Inc. However, because DocuPri nt NPS may contain different versions of fonts than other PostScript d[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-3 see the Generic M ICR Fundam entals Gui de and the “ MI CR printing ”” chapter i n the Guide t o Conf iguring an d Manag ing the Sys tem . DocuPrint NP S is capable of processing any legal Type 0, T ype 1, o r Type 3 font. Fonts of any of these type s may be i nclu[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES T ype 1 f o nt s Type 1 fonts are base fonts wi th character shapes def ined by using specially encoded Post Script procedures. Because characte rs are drawn by PostScript procedures, many visual element s that are not associated w it h fonts can be represente d as cha[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-5 • F ont characters are cached so that multiple uses of a visual eleme nt in a doc ument are rend ered qui ck er if the eleme nts are taken from a f ont than if they are read from suppleme ntar y files. • Including graphic image s i s easi er when c r eating the docum[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-6 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES P ost Scr i pt wit h em bedd ed PJL c o mman ds PostScript files created for some Hewlett-Packard printers and other compatible prin ters include PJL comm ands that specify the use of a PostScript in terpreter. DocuPrint N PS c an recog nize a file as PostScript if it [...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-7 master s usi ng cexec . Usag e of cexec is typically hidden by the encr yption of e exec . LaserW riter defines other entries in the System Dictionary that are specific to its de vice characteristics, such as ext ra operators that dea l w ith the hard d isk. Such ope rat[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-8 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Server Dictionary e ntries th at contain d efined val ues an d routines to mimic the LaserWriter, but are not used by DocuPrint, include: No other Server Dictionary operators defined in the LaserWriter are implemented in DocuP rint 1.5 an d hi gher . Stat us Dict The f[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-9 Print er Diction ary Printer Dictionary ($prin terdict) entries that are implem ented inc lude: The following $printerdict print c ommand operat ors are defined with null functi onality. DocuPr int im plements prin t-level com mands a s provided by the DocuPrint Client p[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-10 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Exa mpl es of no nst an dard defi nit ions The f ollowing two dictionaries an d their operators a re exam ples of nonstandard (product -specific) definitions. Appe ar ance co ns ist ency To control the consistency of output between m ore than one printer, you must con[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-11 image output on a 300 dpi pri nter. The 600 dpi im age appears larger and in a different position on the page. F i gu r e 2- 1. 300 and 600 dpi imag e outp ut In Figure 2-2, the 600 dpi hal ftone is distorted and only a portion of the i mage ap pears. F i gu r e 2- 2. 3[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-12 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES To preserve image quality when printing on 300 dpi printers, regenerate the bitmaps at 300 dpi. The 600 dpi printers can accept jobs with res ources in either 300 o r 600 d pi. See “ M aint aini ng ima ge quality ” in the “ PCL5e ” chapter for information abou[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-13 • Image d ata at o utput device resolution — P ostScript i ma ge data that has a resolution matchin g the output de vice is typically transferred directl y to the frame buffer with no modification. These i mages appear l ight o n cer ta in write-white printers. • [...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-14 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Co ntr ol- D as bi nary da ta and en d- of -job The fact t hat control-D can be a valid PostScript end-of-file (EOF) delimiter in one communica tions protocol and invalid in another creates a paradox for PostScript printers that must accept jobs created for e ither co[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-15 Sol uti o n to co ntr ol-Z an d c ont r o l -D pr obl em s The recomm ended solution for the problems induced by control-D and control-Z is to include the following PostScript definitions. They can be loaded permanently, or prepended to jobs t hat have these pro ble ms.[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-16 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES • Illegal characte r s adjacent to legal characters . If there is no white space character (as defined in t he PostScript Language Reference Manual , second edition) between the illegal character or cha r acters and legal P ost Script characters, then that c ombina [...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-17 Doc uPrin t NP S imple men ta tion of P os tScr ipt Level 2 DocuPrint NPS implem ents t he PostScrip t Level 2 operators ; it conforms to the PostScript Language as define d in the PostScript Language re ference manuals. DocuPrint does not support the following device-s[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-18 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Pr inte r Con tr oller ope rati on s The DocuPrint NPS Printer Controll er operates as foll ows: • P ostScript stdout mess ages are printed on the “ JOB M ESS AG ES AN D ER ROR S ” page. DocuPr int P ostScript prints error message s di rected to %stderr on the ?[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-19 F i gu r e 2- 4. St roke function The top illustration above s hows four col umns of three pixels on the printing device. Th e dashed lines intersect at the cent er points of the device pixels or dots. The columns from left to right are designated as columns 1, 2, 3, an[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-20 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Zero-width lines (str okes) Zero-width lines are li nes that ha ve a line wi dth set to zero by the PostScript mast er. T hese lines may not ima ge. The best method is to specify t he sizes of the hairline you wan t, such as .24 setl inewidth instead of 0 setline wi d[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-21 — The resolution of the source ima ge (sample i mage ) i s lower than the de v ice space, and the scaling of source-image-to- device space is a n inte ger multiple and rotation i s in multiples of 90 degrees. • Scan Conv ersion paints any pix el whose s quare region[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-22 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Re nde rin g of col o r an d gr ay v a lue s: tr an sf e r f unct io n PostScript devices approximat e source color values by a sampling and halftoning techni que. These values c an be modified by changi ng the ou tput transfer f unction. T he transfer function permit[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-23 Post Sc ript pri nt er de sc ript i on (PPD ) fi les PostScript printer description files (PPD files) are r eadabl e text fil es that provide information about the special features of your printing device to the application program running on your host system . PPD file[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-24 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES File o perat or s and stand ar d de v ices When “ %stdin ” is the f ilename for the file operator, DocuPrint NPS does not creat e a new f ile object. F or exam ple, the following PostScript segment use s %stdin to open a f ile: (%stdin) (r) file % open a file for [...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-25 status and bytesavai l return d if ferent resul ts when output is compared amo ng different i mplement ations of PostScript, d ue to differences in the implem entation of file I/O. Path limits The LaserW riter has a l imit of 1500 p ath s egments that can be defined in [...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-26 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES F i gu r e 2- 7. T y pi cal desk to p pr i nt er d e vi ce c o ordi nate Pos tScript s tora ge object size limits The two main PostScript storage objects are the font cache and virtual memory (V M), which stores composite P ostScript data structures s uch as the user [...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-27 Cre a ting th e ne ce s sary P o stSc ri pt CCITT Gr oup 3 a nd 4 You can embed an image that is compressed to CCITT group 4 specifications in the PostScript. You need to add several standard PostScript statements before the emb edded image to provide the image paramet [...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-28 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES For any image, there are eight such sequences (four scan origin possibilities, with either a row or a column order choice f or each). A ny of these sequ ences ma y be used in a Post Script program as lo ng as the imag e-to-user c oordinate transform ation mat rix is p[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-29 F i gu r e 2- 9. I ma ge orien tation m ismatch B The sc an order of an im age relat ive to the content of the image is not important. It is i mportant that the scan order of the image in t he desired orientation is relative to t he scan order of the page. There are cir[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-30 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES F i gu r e 2- 10. Image pixel seque nce examp le Regardless of which sc an order is chosen, the scan proceed s in one direction (called t he fast scan direction) through each parallel sli ce in turn, progressing through the slices in a direction called the slow scan d[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-31 Considerations The sc an order of an im age relat ive to the content of the image is not important. It is i mportant that the scan order of the image in t he desired orientation is relative to t he scan order of the page. There are circumstances when a transformation ca[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-32 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES the image relative to the PostScript default image and user coordinate system s. Scan resolu tio n and scali ng Just as rotation of an i mage is often required to produce correct output, scaling is also often required. To reduce imaging time, present the data so that [...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-33 F i gu r e 2- 12. PostScri pt with embed ded image: normal scan orde r The fo llo wing ex am ple illu str ate s t he req uirem en ts for em bed din g and printing an image in an enhanced scan. If a large number of images are to be printed, it is best to avoid t he inter[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-34 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES F i gu r e 2- 13. PostScri pt wi th em bedded imag e: re ordered d ata for optimum scan examp le %! PS-Adobe-3.0 % G4.example.ps % Example using embedded CCITT group 4 (G4) data. % For optimal printing speeds, the scan data should be aligned with % the printing orient[...]

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    POST SCRIPT XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 2-35 F i gu r e 2- 14. Actual PostScript print %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%Emulation: ccitt %%LanguageLevel: 2 %%Requirements: duplex (off) %%Requirements: numcopies (1) %%Requirements: staples(none) %%DocumentMedia: letter 612 792 75 white () %%DocumentMedia: white 612 792 75 white ()[...]

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    POSTS CRIPT 2-36 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES[...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 3-1 3. 3 VIPP Variable Data Intel ligent PostScript PrintWare, or VIPP, (f ormerly XGF) provides a facility for the easy integration of data, forms, and images from host applications to t he PostScript environm ent. VIPP off ers the foll owing ben efits: • Allows imaging and dat a pro[...]

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    VIPP 3-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES Func t io nali ty In native m ode, an a pplication program uses the follow ing operators to control how data i s placed on a page: • Orien tation (P , L, I, J) • F ont selection (scaling, color/gr a y le vel , and outline) • Absolute placem ent coordinat es • T e xt a[...]

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    VIP P XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 3-3 VIP P lin e mo de ext en sion (XGF Nu b) The VIPP line mode extension (formerly called XGFNu b) i s a DocuPrint NPS (Version 1.4 and higher) extension that enables users to execute VIPP com mands at the start of any VIPP docum ent. Multiple sets of commands may be enabled by t[...]

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    VIPP 3-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES[...]

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    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES INDEX-1 Inde x Symb ols #copies operator, 2-7 %s td i n, 2 -2 4 – 2- 25 .pfb extension, 2-5 A additional metrics entry, 2-3 Adobe Type Manager, 2 -5 AppleTalk, 2-14 arc-to-bezier conversion, 2-26 ASCII in put, 2-18 asynchronous communication s, 2-14 B bezier, 2-26 binary input, 2-18 b[...]

  • Page 68

    INDEX INDEX-2 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUI DE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES E EBCDIC, 3-1 eexec o perator, 2-6 embeddin g imag es, 2-27, 2-33 engine write-black, 2-12 – 2- 13, 2 - 2 1 write-white, 2-12 – 2- 13 enhance ment, resolu ti on, 2-10 – 2- 13 EOF delimiters, 2-14 – 2-16 error limitcheck, 2-25 undefined c omm and, 2-14 Execution [...]

  • Page 69

    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES INDEX-3 INDEX limit path, 2-25 storage ob ject size, 2-26 virtual memory, 2-25 limitcheck error, 2-25 line mode, 3 -1, 3-2 line mode exte nsion, 3-3 lin e s , ze ro -w i d th , 2- 2 0 loading fonts, 2-3, 2 -5 logos, 2 -4 M mapping user coordinates , 2-1 master, Post Script, 2-21 math op[...]

  • Page 70

    INDEX INDEX-4 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUI DE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES PPD files, 2-23 specifications, 2-23 pre-enhance ment, 2-12 print engine write-black, 2-12 – 2- 13, 2 - 2 1 write-white, 2-12 – 2- 13 resolution, recom mended , 1-2 speed, 2 -27 Printer Control Language, see PCL Printer Controller operations, 2-18 Printer Dictionary[...]

  • Page 71

    XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USI NG PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES INDEX-5 INDEX X x a x i s , 2- 28 Xerox G eneric Form at, see V IPP XGF , s ee VIP P XGFNu b. See line mode extension Y y a x i s , 2- 28 Z zero-width lines, imaging, 2-20[...]

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    INDEX INDEX-6 XEROX DOCUPRI NT NPS GUI DE TO USI NG PAGE DES CRIPTION LANGUAGES[...]